Congenital Abnormality
microcolon
Definitions related to microcolon:
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A colon of abnormally small caliber.Human Phenotype Ontology (HPO)The Human Phenotype Ontology Project, 2021
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A rare congenital abnormality characterized by the presence of an abnormally small colon. It is the result of intestinal underutilization during fetal development.NCI ThesaurusU.S. National Cancer Institute, 2021
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